High levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) appear to increase the risk of internal carotid wall thickening, an indicator of carotid atherosclerosis, in women, but not men, according to a new study.
“CRP has been shown to be a stroke risk factor, and these findings support the notion that CRP levels are elevated early before the onset of clinical disease,” lead author Dr. Christopher J. O’Donnell of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, told Reuters Health: In the October issue of Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, his team explains that “levels of CRP, a nonspecific marker of inflammation, predict risk of cardiovascular events. However, the association between CRP and direct measures of atherosclerosis is not well established.”
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